Facebook has filed a motion seeking FTC Chair Lina Khan's recusal from any decisions regarding how the agency should proceed in its antitrust case against the company
any decisions regarding how the agency should proceed in its antitrust case against the company.
Throughout her career, Khan has made statements indicating that she believes Facebook functions as a monopoly and should be broken up. One of her academic papers concluded that Facebook "has both foreclosed competitors from its platform and appropriated their business information and functionality” and does not face "serious competition in the social network market." And she has previously criticized the FTC's decision to sign off on Facebook's acquisition of Instagram.
The judge gave the FTC 30 days to file a new antitrust complaint against Facebook. The agency could still file an amended complaint or bring its claims in-house through a separate process.Facebook's motion follows a petition from Amazon last month saying Khan should recuse herself from any inquiries into the company. Amazon argued then
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